When the President Calls - (Mit Press) by Simon W Bowmaker (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Interviews with thirty-five economic policymakers who advised presidents from Nixon to Trump.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Interviews with thirty-five economic policymakers who advised presidents from Nixon to Trump.</b><p>What is it like to sit in the Oval Office and discuss policy with the president? To know that the decisions made will affect hundreds of millions of people? To know that the wrong advice could be calamitous? <i>When the President Calls</i> presents interviews with thirty-five economic policymakers who served presidents from Nixon to Trump. These officials worked in the executive branch in a variety of capacities--the Council of Economic Advisers, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of the Treasury, and the National Economic Council--but all had direct access to the policymaking process and can offer insights about the difficult tradeoffs made on economic policy. The interviews shed new light, for example, on the thinking behind the Reagan tax cuts, the economic factors that cost George H. W. Bush a second term, the constraints facing policymakers during the financial crisis of 2008, the differences in work styles between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and the Trump administration's early budget process.</p><p><i>When the President Calls</i> offers a unique, behind-the-scenes perspective on US economic policymaking, with specific and personal detail--the turmoil, the personality clashes, the enormous pressure of trying to do the right thing while the clock is ticking.</p><p><b>Interviews with<br></b>Nicholas F. Brady, Lael Brainard, W. Michael Blumenthal, Michael J. Boskin, Stuart E. Eizenstat, Martin S. Feldstein, Stephen Friedman, Jason Furman, Austan D. Goolsbee, Alan Greenspan, Kevin A. Hassett, R. Glenn Hubbard, Alan B. Krueger, Arthur B. Laffer, Edward P. Lazear, Jacob J. Lew, N. Gregory Mankiw, David C. Mulford, John Michael Mulvaney, Paul H. O'Neill, Peter R. Orszag, Henry M. Paulson, Alice M. Rivlin, Harvey S. Rosen, Robert E. Rubin, George P. Shultz, Charles L. Schultze, John W. Snow, Gene B. Sperling, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Lawrence H. Summers, John B. Taylor, Paul A. Volcker, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Janet L. Yellen</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>If you want the inside skinny on what happens at White House economics meetings, then this is the book for you.--<i>Forbes</i>--<br><p>What Bowmaker's work reveals is as bizarre as anything you'd expect from Capitol Hill, even now.</p>--<i>Forbes</i>--<br><p>...thoughtful, timely...</p>--<i>Nature</i>--<br><p>This is a fascinating book for anyone interested in economic policy.</p>--<i>CHOICE</i>--<br><p>A damn fun read...As far as the history of economic policymaking over the last 50 years, the book is an indispensable source. And for the economic policymaker news junkie, there is no book that comes close to giving you the insight into policy decisions that this book does. It is an important contribution to US economic policy history from the Nixon years to the early Trump years.</p>--<i>Economic Policy Journal</i>--<br>
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